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The Concrete Centre aims to assist all those who design and construct in concrete to ully realise the potential o the material. To help to achieve this, The Concrete Centree has published a wide range o Centr guidance and technical literature to explain the procedures and processes involved or the eective use o concrete. This catalogue presents the current range o brochures published by The Concrete Centree and some o its industry partners. Centr These titles and more are available or download or to order as hard copies rom The Centre’s website. To access this ull list o publications visit www.concretecentre. com/publications

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Concrete Framed Buildings

A GUIDE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Contents Civil Engineering – Sustainable Solutions using Concrete Concrete and Fire Concrete and Sound Insulation Concrete Framed Buildings Concrete in Housing Concrete in Buildings (series) Concrete in Civil Engineering (series) Concrete in Sustainable Construction Concrete Structures Concrete Wind Towers Concrete Towers or Onshore and Oshore Wind Farms Crosswall Construction Energy and CO2: Achieving targets with concrete and masonry High Perormance Buildings using Insulating Concrete Formwork High Perormance Buildings using Tunnel Form Construction Home Oce Project Prole Highway Saety Barrier High Perormance Hospitals Hybrid Concrete Construction New Concrete Engineering New Concrete 07 Oce Cost Study Post-tensioned Concrete Floors Precast Concrete in Buildings Precast Concrete Paving Remediating Browneld Land School Construction Shed Structures: a new approach Sustainable Concrete Thermal Mass Thermal Mass or Housing

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Cement and Concrete Industry Publications CCIP is an industry initiative to produce quality technical design guidance. Titles are published by the British Cement Association, British Precast, the British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, The Concrete Centre and The Concrete Society. A Design Guide or Footall Induced Vibration o Structures Best Practice Guidance or Hybrid Concrete Construction Cost Model Study – Commercial Buildings Cost Model Study – School Buildings Concise Eurocode 2 Concrete Buildings Scheme Design Manual Concrete Bridge Construction Design and Construction using Insulating Concrete Formwork How to Design Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2 How to Design Masonry Structures using Eurocode 6 (series) How to Design Reinorced Concrete Flat Slabs using Finite Element Analysis How to Speciy Concrete or Civil Engineering Structures using BS 8500 Hydraulically-bound Mixtures or Pavements Properties o Concrete or use in Eurocode 2 RC Spreadsheets: version 3 (CD and User Guide) The Essential Guide to the Remediation o Browneld Land Utilisation o Thermal Mass in Non-Residential Buildings

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All advice or information from The Concrete Centre is intended for use in Great Britain only by those who will evaluate the signicance and limitations of its contents and take responsibility for its use and application. No liability (including that for negligence) for any loss resulting from such advice or information is accepted by The Concrete Centre or its subcontractors, suppliers or advisors. Readers should note that publications from The Concrete Centre are subject to revision from time to time and should therefore ensure that they are in possession of the latest version.

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Civil Engineering – Sustainable Solutions using Concrete There is a growing pressure rom Government and clients to create inrastructure that meets the needs o today’s communities without compromising the needs o uture generations; sustainable development. This publication outlines the use o concrete in civil engineering projects when designed and built in response to sustainability objectives. n Publication date: 2005 n Re: TCC/05/04 n Free - PDF download available

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Concrete and Fire It is critical that we create buildings and structures that protect both people and property as eectively and eciently as possible. One o concrete’s many inherent benets is its perormance in re. Concrete perorms well as an engineered solution and as a material in its own right; this publication explains how. n Publication date: 2004 n Re: TCC/05/01 n Free - PDF download available

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Concrete and Sound Insulation This publication will be especially helpul to architects, engineers, surveyors and builders and anyone involved in the specication and building o new residential properties which will incorporate concrete wall or foor elements. The straightorward guidance covers construction to meet the requirements o the Building Regulations Part E: 2006 (England and Wales) o purpose-built dwelling houses and fats, and other residential buildings including hotels, hostels, boarding houses, residential homes, nursing accommodation and student halls o residence. n Publication date: 2006 n Re: TCC/04/03 n Free - PDF download available

Concrete Framed Buildings Concrete Framed Buildings

A GUIDE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

At the start o each project, a decision is made about the orm and material or the structural rame. This publication sets out to help the designer come to an inormed decision, giving likely structural options or a concrete rame, with useul points to note written by engineers or engineers. The publication also discusses issues acing designers and provides background inormation on sustainability, innovations in concrete and best practice. n Publication date: 2006 n Re: TCC/03/024 n Free – PDF download available

Concrete in Housing A series o reprints o articles published in Concrete magazine. The articles cover topics such as modern methods o construction, basements and oundations, sustainability and high-rise residential buildings. n Publication date: 2006 n Re: TCC/04/04 n Free

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Concrete in Buildings (series) A series o reprints o articles published in Concrete and Concrete Engineering International magazines. n

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Concrete in Civil Engineering (series) A series o reprints o articles published in Concrete and Concrete Engineering International magazines. They represent exciting examples o innovative uses o concrete in civil engineering. n

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Concrete in Sustainable Construction With changes in the environmental, social and political climate, developers and designers are now having to consider the potential climate change impacts in any new development and the measures necessary to produce truly sustainable projects. The topics in this compendium o reprints o articles published in ‘Concrete’ and ’Concrete Engineering International’ magazines give an overview o some o concrete’s sustainable benets, with case studies. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/05/07 n Free

Concrete Structures This ourth annual edition o Concrete Structures, inserted as a supplement in The Structural Engineer, includes articles on the sustainable use o aggregates; commercial savings; school solutions; solid acades or concrete structures and the project which commanded the best ever BREEAM score. n Publication date: 2007 n Free – PDF download available Further issues in this series are available – visit www.concretecentre.com/publications

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Concrete Wind Towers Concrete Wind Towers

There is no prescriptive plan showing how to develop a wind arm, whether onshore or oshore. Each selected or prospective site is unique, with its own mix o physical, economical, and access constraints. This publication demonstrates the key role that concrete can play in realising cost ecient, sustainable and constructible energy converters, addressing the major issues relevant to any wind arm development. n Publication date: 2005 n Re: TCC/02/04 n Free – PDF download available

CONCRETE SOLUTIONS FOR OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE WIND FARMS

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Concrete Towers for Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDIES

The Concrete Centre commissioned Giord to undertake conceptual design studies o concrete towers or wind energy converters. This document draws together the results presented in the onshore and oshore research. It presents ideas and issues on the design and deployment o concrete towers and associated structures, and points to a real opportunity or the substantial and economic use o concrete tower structures in wind energy developments. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/02/05 n Free – PDF download available

Crosswall Construction Crosswall Construction

Crosswall is a modern and eective method o construction which uses precast, cellular concrete components to achieve structurally robust, ast, economical medium and high-rise buildings. This publication explains the benets o using crosswall construction and includes case studies o projects which have beneted rom its eectiveness. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/03/26 n Free – PDF download available

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Guided Buslanes Publications on design and construction or guided bus solutions are available rom our partner organisation, Britpave. For a ull list, visit www.britpave.org.uk

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Energy and CO2: Achieving targets with concrete and masonry Providing guidance or using concrete and masonry, this publication should enable designers to meet the mandatory energy and CO 2 targets in the Code or Sustainable Homes. Central to this is the need or enhanced insulation and reduced air leakage. These are among the issues explored in this guide, which sets out the broad energyrelated design issues and options or achieving Code level 3 and beyond in masonry and concrete homes. To this end, a range o abric and services scenarios have been assessed and the results presented graphically with detailed supporting inormation. n Publication date: 2008 n Re: TCC/05/09 n Free - PDF download available

High Performance Buildings using Insulating Concrete Formwork Insulating Concrete Formwork (ICF) is a system that consists o twin-walled, expanded polystyrene panels or blocks that are quickly built up to create ormwork or the walls o a building.The ormwork is then lled with quality assured, readymixed concrete to create a robust structure with the insulated walls remaining in place. This publication provides more inormation on this system and highlights the benets it can oer, including excellent thermal and sound insulation. n Publication date: 2003 n Free - PDF download available

High Performance Buildings using Tunnel Form Construction Tunnel orm is a ormwork system that allows the contractor to cast walls and slabs in one operation on a daily cycle. It combines the speed, quality and accuracy o osite produced ready-mix concrete and ormwork with the fexibility and economy o cast in-situ construction. This publication describes how this construction method works and the benets it can oer as well as highlighting projects where tunnel orm has been used. n Publication date: 2004 n Re: TCC/04/02 n Free – PDF download available

Home Oce headquarters, Westminster, London. It was decided at an early stage to adopt an innovative, hybrid concrete superstructure rame. The rame contains a high proportion o precast concrete stitched together with in-situ concrete columns, walls and slab topping. This case study, along with others which illustrate innovative concrete construction, is available to view online at www. concretecentre.com/ casestudies.

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The highway saety barrier, known as the Britpave Step Barrier, is a technologically advanced restraint which will save lives, ease congestion on our roads, reduce maintenance costs and help to protect our ragile environment. Guidance material on the saety barrier, including acoustic studies, drawings and a barrier design DVD are available rom our partner organisation, Britpave. Visit www. britpave.org.uk or more inormation. Image courtesy o Britpave

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High Performance Hospitals For hospitals, research has shown that lighter structures need extensive stiening and extra thick foors, but, with concrete, vibration criteria can be met at little or no extra cost. In addition to vibration perormance, concrete oers many benets or hospital construction. This publication details these benets, provides design, procurement and cladding inormation and includes case study examples. n Publication date: 2005 n Re: TCC/03/13 n Free – PDF download available

Hybrid Concrete Construction Hybrid Concrete Construction (HCC) combines precast concrete and cast in-situ concrete to take best advantage o their dierent inherent qualities. These include the economic benets o in-situ concrete with the speed and actory quality o precast concrete elements. This publication provides an overview as to how eective hybrid construction can be achieved. n Publication date: 2005 n Re: TCC/03/010 n Free – PDF download available

PAGE 8 Concrete block paving provides a hard surface which is good to look at, comfortable to walk on, extremely durable and easy to maintain. It adds a richness, complexity and human scale to any setting. For more information and to download numerous publications on paving, including: Urban Paving, Home Zones Paving, Sustainable Paving and the regular Pave It magazine, visit the website of our partner organisation, Interpave, at www.interpave.org

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New Concrete Engineering This 2007 supplement in New Civil Engineer highlights concrete engineering and eatures articles on the concrete saety barrier, wind arms, modular bridge systems, concrete pipes and also includes several case studies o concrete used in construction. n Publication date: 2007 n Free - PDF download available Further issues o this supplement are available – visit www.concretecentre.com/publications

New Concrete 07 Published as a supplement in Building magazine, this brochure highlights the benets o building in concrete and uses case studies to demonstrate how projects have used concrete. It also includes ndings o a school and commercial buildings independent cost model study as well as an article on the new generation o ormwork or concrete structures. n Publication date: 2007 n Free - PDF download available Further issues o this supplement are available – visit www.concretecentre.com/publications

Office Cost Study Cost is a major criterion in assessing design and construction alternatives, and construction proessionals require current studies in order to inorm their decisions. This independent cost study undertaken on oce buildings concluded that there was a relatively small cost range between the options chosen but highlighted the extent to which elements other than structure can be aected by the rame material chosen. This publication gives a brie overview o the ndings o the study. n Publication date: 2008 n Re: TCC/03/38 n Free - PDF download available

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Post-tensioned Concrete Floors Post-tensioning concrete increases the many benets associated with a concrete ramed building. The purpose o this publication is to widen the understanding o post-tensioned foor construction and show the considerable benets which include minimum storey heights, rapid construction, economy, maximum design fexibility, minimum number o columns, optimum clear spans, joint-ree, crack-ree construction and controlled defections. n Publication date: 2008 n Re: TCC/03/33 n Free - PDF download available

Precast Concrete in Buildings The use o precast concrete elements is well established as a construction method throughout the world and provides solutions or a great variety and complexity o layouts, shapes and açade treatments. This publication explains the benets o precast concrete elements or buildings, provides design advice or the project team and showcases projects which have used precast concrete in their construction. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/03/31 n Free - PDF download available

Remediating Brownfield Land Using Cement and Lime Remediating Brownfield Land

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This brochure concentrates on the stabilisation/solidication (S/S) process which provides a remediation treatment capable o dealing with contaminated land so that it no longer presents a risk o harm. Most browneld land sites are made up o poor land containing contaminants and so S/S is a practical technique that provides cost-eective remediation. The publication also includes case studies on completed remediation projects. n Publication date: 2005 n Re: TCC/02/03 n Free – PDF download available

School Construction School Construction

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Concrete construction can provide cost eective, comortable, fexible and re resistant schools, with good acoustics and minimal vibration. This publication covers concrete solutions or school construction. Four case studies are also included, one o which is a detailed cost comparison on school design. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/03/25 n Free – PDF download available

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Shed Structures: a new approach Concrete industrial buildings oer signicant advantages and are extremely simple and cost-eective to construct. In act, i you’re responsible or commissioning, designing, building or managing industrial buildings, this publication includes key acts that you should know about concrete sheds. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/03/029 n Free – PDF download available

Sustainable Concrete The majority o people see concrete as a popular and robust building material. Less appreciate that it is also a key material o choice or those looking or a sustainable solution. This publication shows how concrete can help achieve sustainable construction and gives examples o how concrete contributes to the three pillars o sustainability - environmental, economical and social. n Publication date: 2007 n Re: TCC/05/03 n Free – PDF download available

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Thermal Mass A CONCRETE SOLUTION FOR THE CHANGING CLIMATE

Our climate is already changing and will continue to change signicantly within the lietime o buildings designed today. This publication provides a general guide to understanding thermal mass and abric energy storage (FES). It outlines the application o FES techniques using cast in-situ and precast concrete foor slabs in non-domestic buildings and gives readers ull reerences to acilitate urther reading. n Publication date: 2005 n Re: TCC/05/05 n Free – PDF download available

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This guide provides inormation on the simple, passive design techniques that can be applied in masonry and concrete dwellings to take advantage o their inherent thermal mass on a year-round basis. Reading this document, it will quickly become apparent that the design o a typical house needs very little alteration to reap this benet, and that there are negligible capital cost implications. n Publication date: 2006 n Re: TCC/04/05 n Free – PDF download available

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Cement and Concrete Industry Publications (CCIP) CCIP is an industry initiative to produce reliable technical design guidance. Titles are also published by the British Cement Association, British Precast, the British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, The Concrete Centre and The Concrete Society. The publications listed in this section are all available to purchase – or urther details and downloadable extracts, visit www.concretecentre.com/publications

Publications can be purchased rom the Concrete Bookshop at www.concretebookshop.com.

A Design Guide for Footfall Induced Vibration of Structures Whilst ootall induced vibrations on buildings and bridges is not normally signicant in terms o structural integrity, ootall induced vibration can be a critical serviceability condition. This publication presents a method o evaluating the vibration due to a single pedestrian walking on a fat surace, such as a foor slab or bridge deck.

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Authors: Michael Willford and Peter Young have over 30 years combined experience in the area o structural dynamics. The methods presented in this guide have been developed by them over the last 10 years and have been used extensively with Arup or the past ve years.

Best Practice Guidance for Hybrid Concrete Construction Hybrid concrete construction provides simple, buildable and competitive structures that answer client demands or better value. Based upon work carried out under a PII research project, this publication demonstrates how to achieve best practice.

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Authors: Charles Goodchild, main author o this publication, is principal structural engineer with The Concrete Centre. Dr Jacqueline Glass, principal researcher on this project, is lecturer in architectural engineering at Loughborough University.

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Cost Model Study - Commercial Buildings This publication covers a comprehensive and independent cost study which was undertaken to provide a comparison between various structural options or both a three-storey oce building in an out o town location, and a six-storey oce building in a central city location. The building designs were taken up to normal outline design stage, the only dierences being attributable to the

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Cost Model Study – School Buildings This publication covers a comprehensive and independent cost study which was undertaken to provide a comparison between six structural rame options or a typical secondary school. Budget costings were assigned to all elements o construction and adjustments were made to refect timerelated costs attributable to dierences in the construction programme. There

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Concise Eurocode 2 This publication summarises the reerence material that will commonly be used in the design o reinorced concrete ramed buildings to Eurocode 2. With extensive clause reerencing, readers are guided through Eurocode 2 and other relevant Eurocodes. The publication, which includes design aids, aims to help designers with the transition to design to Eurocodes.

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Concrete Buildings Scheme Design Manual This invaluable handbook is intended to be a quick reerence guide or candidates taking the Institution o Structural Engineer’s Chartered Membership Examination. It will also orm an essential reerence source in the design oce.

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Many cement and concrete industry publications on the technical eatures o concrete bridges have been published by The Concrete Centre and its partner The Concrete Bridge Development Group. These include documents on the ast construction o concrete bridges (re: CBDG/014 TG5); the use o lightweight aggregate in bridges (re: CCIP-015); high strength concrete in bridge construction (re: CCIP-002); sel-compacting concrete in bridges (re: CCIP-003) and guidance on the assessment o concrete bridges (re: CCIP-024). For more inormation on these and other publications, visit www.cbdg.org.uk

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Design and Construction using Insulating Concrete Formwork Insulating Concrete Formwork (ICF) is a recognised modern method o construction. It is a simple method o concrete wall construction where the polystyrene ‘ormwork’ is let in place to provide insulation to the wall. The guide covers ICF wall design to both BS 8110 and Eurocode 2 and demonstrates that in many cases ICF walls do not require main reinorcement. The

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How to Design Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2 This publication aims to make the transition to Eurocode 2: Design o Concrete Structures as easy as possible by drawing together in one place key inormation and commentary required or the design o typical concrete elements. Chapters, based on the successul series o How to guides, include: Introduction to Eurocode 2, Getting Started, Slabs, Beams, Columns, Foundations, Flat Slabs and Defection Calculations and previously un-published chapters on Retaining Walls, Detailing, BS 8500 or building structures.

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This compendium o publications is authored by a number o industry specialists and is led by Owen Brooker. Owen is senior structural engineer or The Concrete Centre where he promotes ecient concrete design through guidance documents, presentations and as an expert on the national helpline.

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How to Design Masonry Structures using Eurocode 6 (series) This series o three guides aims to make the transition to Eurocode 6, Design o masonry structures, as easy as possible by drawing together in one place key inormation and commentary required or the design o typical masonry elements. The three separate guides are entitled: Introduction, Vertical Resistance, and Lateral Load.

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How to Design Reinforced Concrete Flat Slabs using Finite Element Analysis Finite element (FE) analysis, a powerul computer method, has become an increasingly popular method o analysing concrete fat slab structures. However, there are some pitalls to avoid, that oten catch out the unwary. This publication seeks to introduce FE methods, explain how concrete can be successully modelled and how to interpret the results.

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Publication date: 2006 Re: TCC/03/27 Price: £10.50

How to Specify Concrete for Civil Engineering Structures using BS 8500 This guide sets out the requirements o BS 8500 and is intended to enable designers o all types o civil engineering structures to speciy concrete eectively, eciently and with condence.

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Publication date: 2007 Re: TCC/02/07 Price: £10.50 PDF download available

Hydraulically-bound Mixtures for Pavements This guide covers the stabilisation o naturally occurring soils or other materials to improve their mechanical properties and perormance or use as capping layers, subbases and bases. To be in line with European standards and Highways Agency documents, the guide covers treatment with cement and the ull range o hydraulic combinations based on fy ash, granulated blasturnace slag, gypsum and lime. The resulting materials are known as hydraulically-bound mixtures (HBM). This guide covers the perormance, behaviour, materials, mixture design, construction and control testing o hydraulically bound pavements and as such

will be o use to civil engineering designers, speciers and contractors. n n n

Publication date: 2006 Re: CCIP-009 Price: £29.50


Author: John Kennedy is an independent pavement engineering consultant and UK principal expert on European Technical Committee 227 ‘Road materials or hydraulically-bound mixtures’.

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Properties of Concrete for use in Eurocode 2 In the design o concrete structures, engineers have the fexibility to speciy particular concrete type(s) aimed at meeting the specic perormance requirements or their project. This guide is aimed at design engineers to provide them with a greater knowledge o concrete behaviour, so that they

can optimise the use o the material aspects o concrete in their design. Guidance is given on the properties o concrete or design to Eurocode 2 and the corresponding UK national annex. n Publication date: 2008 n Re: CCIP-029 n Price: £45

RC Spreadsheets: version 3 (CD and User Guide) RC Spreadsheets are intended to help with the rapid production o clear and accurate design calculations or reinorced concrete elements. These Excel spreadsheets are aids or design to both BS 8110-1:1997 and Eurocode 2. The sotware is available or individual registration or site/oce registration. For more inormation visit www.concretecentre.com/rcdesign

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Publication date: 2006 Re: CCIP-008 Price: £100 (single user); rom £500 (site licence)

Another invaluable sotware package is Concept , which is used or the conceptual design o reinorced concrete rames and enables a comparison o costs and programme to determine the optimum structural solution. For more inormation visit www.concretecentre.com/concept

The Essential Guide to the Remediation of Brownfield Land This document provides guidance on the use o Stabilisation/ Solidication (S/S) or the remediation o land aected by contamination, as commonly ound on browneld land or derelict sites.

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Publication date: 2004 Re: CCIP-004 Price: £29.50

© British Cement Association

Utilisation of Thermal Mass in Non-Residential Buildings This guide provides detailed guidance on the use o thermal mass as a sustainable method o cooling which avoids or reduces the need or air conditioning. This publication will assist designers wishing to exploit thermal mass and includes chapters on concrete foor options, integration o services, acoustic considerations and surace nish options. The guide also includes a number o case studies.

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Author: Tom de Saulles is the building sustainability manager at the British Cement Association and The Concrete Centre, specialising in energy use in buildings, particularly the application o passive heating and cooling techniques. Tom is a chartered building services and mechanical engineer and previously worked or the Building Services Research and Inormation Association (BSRIA).

PAGE 16 The brochures in this catalogue are just a selection o the  ull range produced by the cement and concrete industry. To see a complete list o publications rom The Concrete Centre visit www.concretecentre.com/publications. More literature is available rom: The Concrete Bookshop (www.concretebookshop.com) Other organisations providing guidance on concrete construction: British Cement Association (www.cementindustry.co.uk) British Precast (www.britishprecast.org) British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (www.brmca.org.uk) Britpave (www.britpave.org.uk) Concrete Bridge Development Group (www.cbdg.org.uk) Interpave (www.interpave.org) Quarry Products Association (www.qpa.org) The Concrete Society (www.concrete.org.uk) For a ull list o trade associations visit www.concretecentre.com To register or publication alerts which advise o the latest publications visit www.concretecentre.com/register or, i you are an existing subscriber to The Concrete Centre’s newsletter, update your prole at the website to ensure you receive these publication updates.

Concrete Quarterly The Concrete Centre website is home to the Concrete Quarterly archive. Dating back to 1947, these publications have a wealth o ar ticles documenting historical concrete projects right up to the innovative uses o concrete in the present day. CQ is aimed at all members o the project team and demonstrates the potential o concrete in terms o architectural vision, structural solutions, best practice and perormance. In addition to covering concrete projects, which can be large or small but always innovative and interesting, CQ provides a regular update o industry news and viewpoints.

Visit www.concretecentre.com/cq to view the ull archive.

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The Concrete Centre aims to enable everyone involved in the design and use o concrete to realise the potential o concrete. As a centre or excellence and design guidance, The Concrete Centre oers a reservoir o concrete inormation and assistance.

Free National Helpline The national helpline provides a rapid response or all questions relating to the design, use and perormance o concrete. Free advice is available rom Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. Call 0845 812 0000.

CPD seminars and courses These events provide in-depth knowledge and examination o concrete issues and developments, materials and standards in regional centres throughout the UK. Visit www.concretecentre.com/events

In your oce The Concrete Centre’s proessional regional sta can provide bespoke project advice and keep your practice up-to-date with technical reports and design guidance rom the sector. For more inormation visit www.concretecentre.com/cpd or email [email protected]

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